Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita

Sierra Leone
0.0011 ha per person
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.001 ha per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
35th
Zimbabwe rank
38th

Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe
00.0020.0040.006199020072024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0011 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0001 ha per person.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 35th and Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 186 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0024 ha per person 0.0024 ha per person 0.0001 ha per person Zimbabwe
2000s 0.0013 ha per person 0.0017 ha per person 0.0004 ha per person Zimbabwe
2010s 0.0012 ha per person 0.0028 ha per person 0.0016 ha per person Zimbabwe
2020s 0.0006 ha per person 0.0006 ha per person 0 ha per person Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per capita, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
Sierra Leone, at 0.0011 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per capita between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
0.0001 ha per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per capita?
Sierra Leone ranks 35th and Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Forest fires — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
188 places, 6,434 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Forest fires — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.